Font Squirrel

Font Squirrel has an amazing library of free commercial-use fonts. All of the @font-face kits that are available in my Premium themes come from Font Squirrel. You can download fonts to use in desktop publishing or you can grab some @font-face kits to use on your Web site. There is even a handy, simple to use tool for converting standard fonts into @font-face kits for embedding on your Web site.http://www.fontsquirrel.com/

Google Font API

TypeKit

TypeKit is a subscription-based service that allows you to link to fonts from many different type foundries. Subscription costs range from free to $99.99 per year. A free account allows for 25,000 pageviews a month and a limit of 2 fonts throughout you site. It is a great way to test out the service to see if it is right for you.https://typekit.com/

sIFR

sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement) is an open source piece of JavaScript that allows you to replace text elements on your Web site with Flash embedded equivalents. It is a bit more complicated to implement but there are many sites that use it and the results are quite nice.http://wiki.novemberborn.net/sifr3/

typeface.js

typeface.js was developed by David Chester as an alternative to using Flash to embed fonts on your site. Using typeface.js is pretty straightforward, since all it takes is the core JavaScript file and then a font. You can even convert your own fonts.http://typeface.neocracy.org/

FLIR

FLIR (FaceLift Image Replacement) is another alternative to sIFR. It was created by Cory Mawhorter and uses JavaScript and PHP to dynamically create images of the text elements that you wish to use specific fonts on. Implementing it requires only a few lines of code and you are up and running.http://facelift.mawhorter.net/

2 comments for “Great Font Resources for Web Development”

There are millions of font sites out there, but only a few are good at helping you get what you need. The only website that I have tried so far is Google Font API, and it’s wonderful. I’ll have to check out these other websites to see what they are all about.